Ueno Station
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Ueno Station
上野駅
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| One of the entrances of the station | |
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| Prefecture | Tokyo (See other stations in Tokyo) |
| Ward | Taitō |
| Neighborhood etc. | 7 Ueno (JR Station) 3 Higashi-Ueno (Tokyo Metro) |
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| Opened | 1883 |
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Hokuriku Shinkansen Jōetsu Shinkansen Tōhoku Shinkansen Yamagata Shinkansen Jōban Line Keihin-Tōhoku Line Takasaki Line Tōhoku Main Line Yamanote Line Hibiya Line |
Ueno Station (上野駅 ueno-eki?) is a major railway station in Tokyo's Taitō ward. It is the station used to reach the Ueno district and Ueno Park -- which contains Tokyo National Museum, The National Museum of Western Art, Ueno Zoo, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and other famous cultural facilities. A major commuter hub, it is also the traditional terminus for long-distance trains from the northern Japan, although with the extension of the Shinkansen lines to Tokyo Station this role has diminished in recent years. Nearby is Keisei-Ueno Station, the Tokyo terminus of the Keisei Main Line to Narita Airport Station.
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[edit] History
The station opened on July 28, 1883. After the destruction of this first building in the fires caused by the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, Japanese Government Railways constructed the current station buildings. In 1927, Tokyo Underground Railway (now Tokyo Metro) opened Japan's first subway line from here to Asakusa Station. Following World War II, the neighbourhood in front of Ueno Station was a major center of black market activity.
[edit] Station Building
Like most major stations in Japan, Ueno station contains and is surrounded by extensive shopping arcades including a branch of the Hard Rock Cafe.
[edit] Lines
This station is served by the following lines:
Other:
- Because this station was the traditional point of arrival and departure for journeys to the northern Japan, it became the inspiration for many poems and song lyrics, including a famous tanka by Ishikawa Takuboku. There is a memorial plate about this poem in the station.
[edit] Adjacent stations
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| East Japan Railway Company (JR East) | ||||
| Tōhoku Shinkansen, Yamagata Shinkansen, Akita Shinkansen Jōetsu Shinkansen, Nagano Shinkansen |
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| Tōkyō | - | Ōmiya | ||
| Yamanote Line | ||||
| Okachimachi | - | Uguisudani | ||
| Keihin-Tōhoku Line | ||||
| Tabata | Rapid | Akihabara | ||
| Okachimachi | Local | Uguisudani | ||
| Tōhoku Line (Utsunomiya Line, Takasaki Line) | ||||
| Terminus | - | Oku | ||
| Jōban Line | ||||
| Terminus | - | Nippori | ||
| Tokyo Metro | ||||
| Ginza Line (G-16) | ||||
| Ueno-hirokōji (G-15) | - | Inarichō (G-17) | ||
| Hibiya Line (H-17) | ||||
| Naka-Okachimachi (H-16) | - | Iriya (H-18) | ||
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